moratorium
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Reading about the city’s upcoming moratorium on delivery robots, I literally cheered.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
A moratorium risks turning that opportunity into a missed moment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
A moratorium would send the wrong signal at the wrong time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
However, the state did adopt a moratorium on issuing new hospice licenses, which came after a Los Angeles Times investigation and a state audit.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
The three-year test moratorium had been a difficult period for Livermore, now under the leadership of Edward Teller.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing moratorium
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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